P E E F A C E. 



1]^' arranging the following treatise on the 

 I principles and practice of the art of 

 j Gardening, the writer has been prin- 

 cipally guided by some of the works of Professor 

 Lindley and Mr. Loudon, and his object has 

 been to afford instruction to the professional 

 and therefore practical Gardener — who conducts 

 his operations with an eye to the market, and 

 labours to render his garden productive to the 

 utmost, — and also to the amateur, who takes inno- 

 cent and useful pride in exhibiting the offsprings 

 of his care and enthusiasm. The former cannot, it 

 is true, devote much of his time to those subjects 

 which are purely theoretical and not immediately 

 remunerative, yet both ought to understand the 

 principles of their art, as well as the practice of it, 

 if they desire to attain any degree of pre-eminence. 

 It has therefore been sought to accommodate the 

 observations that are made to each of these classes, 

 and to exhibit the routine of gardening operations 

 from month to month, and the mode and manner 



